talking snow: haiku

Posted on Categories Poetry

the shop clerk’s warning:

the road may be greasy

it’s got that skiff

:

I knew she was talking about the slippery conditions outside, the fresh layer of snow but ‘skiff’ is a new word for me. Apparently it is a colloquial term used in Canada (where I live) and the Northern States for a light flurry or cover of snow.

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Published by Janice

My name is Janice.  I started blogging as Ontheland when I moved from Toronto to a rural area near Kingston, Ontario in Canada.  Over time I have found myself writing poetry, mostly in Japanese forms, such as haiku and haibun.  One of my deepest interests is the natural world: the joy of it and how we can look after it better.

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